sarka
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Euphrosyne Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou
Description:
A sarka, woman’s waist-long jacket with a deep opening at the front, close-fitting bodice and long sleeves. It is made of imported silk fabric with floral patterns, branches with leaves on a lilac background interspersed with golden dots. A thin golden ribbon decorates the front opening all around the neck, and the hemline of the jacket. The lining of the sarka is made of beige cotton fabric. Geroskipou Folk Art Museum (inv. no. 19).
Bibliography:
Rizopoulou-Egoumenidou, E. I Astiki endymasia tis Kyprou (The urban Dress of Cyprus), The Bank of Cyprus Cultural Foundation, Nicosia 1996, 137, fig. 123.